9:31 AM,
Oct. 24, 2012

John Skeadas of Bedford Village takes his 1967 Amphicar Model 770 into the Hudson at the Nyack Marina on Tuesday.

Written by

Khurram Saeed
The Journal News

NYACK, Rockland County - John Skeadas had a surprise planned Tuesday for his longtime friend: lunch at a restaurant followed by a ride on the Hudson River - in his vintage car that doubles as a boat.

Victor Ossipov was honored but wanted no part of sitting in Skeadas' rare 1967 Amphicar, an amphibious vehicle.

"You wanna go in the river for a minute?" Skeadas asked his 86-year-old friend from Nyack, moments before he drove the cream-colored car with its crimson red top down the Nyack Marina's boat launch, easing it effortlessly into the brackish water for a five-minute jaunt. ...